Tad Thatcher’s dream has come true—he’s a starship captain at last. But his command comes at a perilous time: humanity’s most feared enemy has returned after 50 years of uneasy peace.
Thrust into a leadership role he barely understands, Tad faces a battle for survival against a relentless foe. His inexperienced crew tests his patience, and the old strategies no longer work. To save his ship and the fragile peace, Tad must reinvent space combat from the ground up.
As the enemy closes in and his crew’s trust wavers, Tad must rise to the challenge or risk losing everything. Can this rookie captain outmaneuver an unstoppable force, or will he and his crew become the first casualties of a new war?
